Effectiveness of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Adolescent Depression: A Benchmarking Investigation

In this study, we examined the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for adolescent depression. Outcomes of 80 youth treated with CBT in an outpatient depression specialty clinic, the Services for Teens at Risk Center (STAR), were compared to a “gold standard” CBT research benchmark. O...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Behavior therapy 2006-03, Vol.37 (1), p.36-48
Hauptverfasser:	Weersing, V. Robin, Iyengar, Satish, Kolko, David J., Birmaher, Boris, Brent, David A.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescents Adult Adult and adolescent clinical studies Behavior Modification Behavior therapy. Cognitive therapy Benchmarking - methods Biological and medical sciences Cognitive behaviour therapy Cognitive Restructuring Cognitive therapy Cognitive Therapy - methods Counseling Effectiveness Depression Depression (Psychology) Depressive Disorder, Major - psychology Depressive Disorder, Major - therapy Effectiveness Effectiveness studies Female Humans Investigations Male Medical sciences Mental depression Mood disorders Outcomes of Treatment Patient Compliance - statistics & numerical data Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychopathology. Psychiatry Symptoms Teenagers Therapy Treatment Outcome Treatments
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Zusammenfassung:	In this study, we examined the effectiveness of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) for adolescent depression. Outcomes of 80 youth treated with CBT in an outpatient depression specialty clinic, the Services for Teens at Risk Center (STAR), were compared to a “gold standard” CBT research benchmark. On average, youths treated with CBT in STAR experienced significantly slower symptom improvement than youths in the CBT benchmark. However, outcomes for STAR teens were more similar to the research benchmark when accounting for differences in referral source (clinical versus advertisement) between the datasets. Results support further efforts to test the effectiveness of CBT in clinically representative community practice settings and samples.
ISSN:	0005-7894 1878-1888
DOI:	10.1016/j.beth.2005.03.003